© AUDITOR-General Mildred Chiri has encouraged police to do more to curb crime after the infraction of the law surged in the previous year. [GoogleAd] Chiri noted that while in 2018, police had pledged to reduce crime by four percent and to lower traffic accidents by three percent, crime actually increased by 20 percent while…
© IN NORTON, a sprawling town 40 kilometres west of the capital city, Harare — residents counted themselves lucky when they saw the Chinese setting camp in the precincts of their homes. [GoogleAd] Twenty-seven-year-old Nomsa Moyo saw herself securing a decent job at the tile manufacturing plant, which has since been established by the Chinese….
© MARABI singer Kireni Zulu is so indebted to the historic Mushandirapamwe Hotel in Highfiled, Harare to the extent that in 2017 he launched the music career of his six-year-old daughter Esin at the joint. [GoogleAd] The Chitungwiza-based musician chose the hotel because of the role it has played in shaping his own career. Talking…
© ZIMBABWEAN women have been sold a political dummy as gender equality in leadership roles remains a mirage, says MDC legislator Concilia Chinanzvavana. [GoogleAd] Despite constitutional provisions guaranteeing a 50-50 representation of men and women in leadership positions, the lawmaker said the scale is still tilted heavily in favour of men. “Women have been sold…
© DESPITE the reforms promised by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, nothing has happened to change the communist-type closed economy created by ex-president Robert Mugabe. While statements were made about not implementing the infamous laws used by Mugabe’s regime, these still remain. [GoogleAd] If anything, the environment has become difficult for enterprises. In September last year, government…
© POLE dancer-cum-musician Beverley ‘Bev’ Sibanda has staunchly denied accusations she had an amoral relationship with Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Walter Magaya during her much-publicised but short-lived repentance. [GoogleAd] In January 2014, Bev repented after the self-styled prophet Magaya — who rose to prominence in 2012 after his visit to celebrity Nigerian…
© KWEKWE and Karoi town councils have resolved to fix supplementary charges and tariffs to finance the 2019 budget. [GoogleAd] In the case of Kwekwe, the budget is meant to complement the initial 2019 budget of $26,9 million, which was rendered useless by inflation and high operational costs. Copies of the proposed supplementary tariffs can…
© FOR the past two decades or so, Zimbabwe’s economy has gradually been going down the precipice with people’s lives registering significant deterioration, owing to the declining standards of living. [GoogleAd] In more ways than one, it has been the ruling Zanu PF government’s ruinous populist policies over the years that have caused this decline….
© A Douglas Rogers book, Two Weeks In November, has gripped the nation as it narrates ‘’ the astonishing untold story of the operation that toppled Mugabe”. [GoogleAd] Social media excitement creates the impression that this is a blockbuster non-fiction book. I am yet to read the book myself, and therefore cannot judge whether…
© GWERU City Council has embarked on a stringent water-rationing schedule, which will see some parts of the city going for days without water. [GoogleAd] The tight water-rationing schedule comes after the city fathers revealed that water levels at the city’s main supplier — Gwenoro Dam — have dropped to 26 percent which translates to…
